Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Nicodemus was curious but careful about this Jesus. It’s understandable; he was a Pharisee and a Sanhedrist. He had standing in his community. The Catholic Encyclopedia puts it… Continue reading About Earthly Things
Month: April 2018
Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Maria Dolores Rodriguez Sopena
The Basics: Born December 30, 1848, in Spain; died January 10, 1918, in Spain; beatified March 23, 2003; feast day, January 10; social worker; woman religious. The Story: Ten days. That’s all it took for Dolores to decide convent life was not for her. That might have been in part because so much of her life up… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Maria Dolores Rodriguez Sopena
He Lives… and So Do We
Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. You’ve probably heard about the six-word short story, the six-word memoir, and so on. Legend has it that it all started with a conversation between the word economist… Continue reading He Lives… and So Do We